BUBBLE
\bˈʌbə͡l], \bˈʌbəl], \b_ˈʌ_b_əl]\
Definitions of BUBBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
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a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
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a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
By Princeton University
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an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"
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a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
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a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
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form produce, or emit bubbles, as of liquids or gases; "The soup was bubbling"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
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A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
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A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
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A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
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The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
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A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
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To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
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To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
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To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
By Oddity Software
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A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
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A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
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A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
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A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
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The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
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A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
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To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
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To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
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To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
By Noah Webster.
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A small globe of water or other fluid filled with air or gas; a small body of air or gas rising to the surface of a liquid; anything unreal or fanciful, as an empty shceme to deceive people into investing their money.
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To rise in bubbles; run with a gurgling sound.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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